Manila Series 110 : "Daing"
Unknown to many, it's not just the Eastern world who appreciates this kind of food, the Western world does too.
As the Philippines is surrounded by water, it's only natural that fishing is one of the means of livelihood around the archipelago. And of course, the preservation of sea produced is a way of life. Not forgetting the abundance of SALT in a lot of areas.
Saw them being sold in Divisoria.
In the Northern Philippines, dried fish are called Daing, down south in Cebu is called Bulad. Where as in some places, each kind of dried fish is called differently. We have danggit, pusit, aramang, tinapa just to name a few.
Most commonly fried when eaten at breakfast, for most of us Filipinos, they are deliciously eaten with rice, dipped in vinegar or accompanied with chopped tomatoes. On their own, they are salty, with some even need to be washed with water prior to cooking.
Although a common food, it comes with a price, the SMELL. Here is what turns people off from cooking them. For it's not only in the kitchen that the smell is so strong, it goes around the house, including the clothes, curtains, or any cloth fabric hanging around that are exposed to its' smell. Even to one's hair, it's that nasty.
Anyone here loves to cook an omelette?
Abroad is a different matter, this especially to flats having communal corridors. Complaints to the management have occured where warnings have been thrown about to Filipinos. But Filipinos' ingenuity can't be denied and it is possible to cook them, just don't get caught. A technique can be putting a lot of butter in the pan or light a scented candle near to absorb the smell plus an added scent in the room.
Try it and get back to me.
Now, just in case that drying fish is not a Filipino thing, that it was just an influence from those long ago colonizers, so to whose influence was it?
Can anyone guess as to where this was taken?
I found this in a grocery store as I was looking for snacks outside of Lisbon, in Fatima to be exact. Suffice to say that I was just standing there, bemused for the length and the size that i was seeing. I didn't see any of this in Lisbon though but I stayed mostly in the touristic areas.
Was it a Portuguese influence?
Any Filipino store abroad sells DRIED FISH so no worries, comfort food is just around the corner. They are that accessible, but of course, for a price.
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Here in Norway it is called tørrfisk (non-salted) and klippfisk (salted). It is exported to Portugal (as you noticed), Spain, Italy, Brazil and to a lesser extent other territories.
The Portuguese call it bacchalau and in English stocked fish.
And yeah, it's really good.
Oh that's the bacchalau? Why so huge? Won't it be so hard to chop them to cook? Seriously, they're my size!
Yep, that's bacchalau. It is made from cod that is 10-20 kg on average. The largest stockfish I got from my father was almost one and a half meter long and had a dried weight of probably 5 -6 kg. A huge fish. I wrote a little piece about cooking with it some months ago.
https://steemit.com/food/@funkit/cooking-with-funkit-simple-bacchalau
I was advised to try it in Lisbon but didn't because i thought it's dried fish only. Will check that cheers!
I've never tried dried fish @immarojas and to be honest it doesn't look very appetising to me. Especially the ones with eyes! 😱
Definitely not something I could ever imagine eating for breakfast. 😊
It's not something that a lot of westerners love Gillian, but perhaps an omelette with those tiny ones will be ok.
Fish eyes hahaha, i remember a brit friend who complained about it. Poor fish.
Ha, ha, ha @immarojas. I don't like omelettes much either! 😂
Not sure the fish eyes make me think "poor fish". More like Yuck!!! 😁
Or through we do eat a fish called whit bait that is small and is eaten whole. I tried it once but I couldn't forget what I was eating and never had it again. It just depends what you grow up with I suppose. 😁
Oh definitely...so it's understandable lols
We have name for this. its called "SHUTKI"" শুটকি".. It should sound quite absurd to you but a commonly spoken name for us... One of the most eaten food everywhere in my part of land..
As it is in the Philippines. Cheers.
would absolutely love to see more.. Cheers.
Sure, will try so watch this space.
I will be sure to follow...
Yes I love bulad❤️Lami kaau
Kaen tayo yan? Was talking to @leebaong about those once, probably from Bantayan island.
its really good...our country has also popular...
A lot of people are fond of it as it's very common in some places.